Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 32 | I am proposing to delay 9 as a question for the next meeting Qualitators , quality control rustling paper . |
| 33 | Not that I care , but it 's handy to be near him , 'cos he 's always got something you can knock off and it 's useful to be able to pinch something of his when the teacher finds you have n't got a pen for the third day running . |
| 34 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 35 | The Companies Act 1989 has changed the definition of a subsidiary and as a result A. Layout ( Leisurewear ) Ltd has been treated as a subsidiary for the first time . |
| 36 | I 'll be a granny for the fifth time . |
| 37 | Conductor Odaline de la Martinez , who was responsible for founding the European Women 's Orchestra , has launched a new label , Lontano Records , which is intended as a vehicle for the 20th century music ensemble , Lontano . |
| 38 | It is , however , necessary to hand over a receipt for the last rental instalment in respect of the assignment of leasehold property . |
| 39 | These meetings were a dress-rehearsal for the first session of the Council . |
| 40 | The 1936–37 season back home was Darling 's last , but it embraced three fine achievements at the MCG : centuries in the South Australia and Queensland matches , and a recall for the third Test match , in which Australia began their fightback after losses in the first two Tests . |
| 41 | When saving a file for the first time a SUMMARY INFORMATION menu may be displayed . |
| 42 | He got a residency for the next year at the University of Kent and spent half the week in Canterbury . |
| 43 | Centre half Sutton escaped with just a booking for the 52nd minute incident . |
| 44 | If you were one of last year 's groups and wish to continue , or if you would like to join a group for the first time , please let me know as soon as possible . |
| 45 | You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable . |
| 46 | And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’ |
| 47 | More fundamentally , many courts failed to find a basis for the first resort approach . |
| 48 | This option enables you to update a Product either to enter information about a Product for the first time or to update existing information about a Product . |
| 49 | Married women who are claiming a repayment for the first time should fill in form R95(D) attached to leaflet IR 112 and send it to their local tax office . |
| 50 | There are many different ways of looking at a town for the first time . |
| 51 | After the Romans were driven out by the Alemanni in the fifth century , the history of the area is misty until the ninth , when Zurich is mentioned as a town for the first time with the building of a palace there by Charlemagne . |
| 52 | However , when the squad was announced the only players that were dropped were Ian Snodin ( naturally ) and Tony Cottee ( who was being a scapegoat for the umpteenth time ) . |
| 53 | To their credit the Springboks took a leaf out of the Wallaby book by holding their Friday training session before the test in a township for the first time ever . |
| 54 | ABERDEEN University has recorded a surplus for the second year in succession , underlining the turnaround in the institution 's fortunes during the past decade . |
| 55 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |
| 56 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 57 | He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life . |
| 58 | An earlier request for compensatory financing , together with a request for the first tranche of a standby arrangement , had been approved by the IMF in January 1991 [ see p. 38006 ] . |
| 59 | The Democratic majority did , however , succeed in overturning a veto for the first time during the four-year presidency of George Bush . |
| 60 | Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again . |